title: Transgene-induced pleiotropic effects in transplastomic plants.
abstract: Since the first demonstration of stable transgene integration in the plastid genome (plastome) of higher plants, plastid transformation has been used for a wide range of purposes, including basic studies as well as biotechnological applications, showing that transplastomic plants are an effective system to produce recombinant proteins. Compared to nuclear transformation, the main advantages of this technology are the high and stable production level of proteins as well as the natural containment of transgenes. To date, more than 100 transgenes have been successfully expressed in plant chloroplasts. In some cases, however, unintended pleiotropic effects on plant growth and physiology were shown in transplastomic plants. In this paper, we review such effects and discuss some of the technologies developed to overcome them.
authors.affiliation: Res. Div. Portici, Institute of Plant Genetics, National Research Council of Italy, CNR-IGV, via Università 133, 80055, Portici, NA, Italy, nscotti@unina.it.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Scotti
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cardi
mesh_terms: D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D063245:Plant Development; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins